Minnie’s Gone Dark Side: How Disney’s Sweetheart Just Took a Twisted Turn Straight Outta Your Worst Nightmare—Are You Brave Enough to Peek?
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So, here we are—January 1, 2024, and guess what? The earliest Mickey Mouse cartoons like Plane Crazy and Steamboat Willie finally sailed into the public domain, unlocking a Pandora’s box of horror flicks inspired by the iconic mouse. It’s like Mercury just rolled retrograde on nostalgia or something—because suddenly, Mickey’s not just charming kids; he’s starring in slasher movies and creepy shorts within days of the new year. But hold on—what about Minnie? While everyone’s busy freaking out over the mouse, writer/director Brett Bentman asked the real question: why isn’t Minnie getting her due? Enter Minnie’s Midnight Massacre, a horror flick where Minnie flips the script as she seeks revenge on her childhood bullies. It’s dark, twisted, and oddly timely—considering Pluto’s knack for transformation and Scorpio’s revenge vibes this season. If you thought Mickey turned spooky was odd, wait till Minnie takes center stage with a motive that hits close to home. Ready to dive into her midnight mayhem? LEARN MORE
On January 1, 2024, the earliest versions of Mickey Mouse – seen in the animated shorts Plane Crazy, The Gallopin’ Gaucho, and most famously Steamboat Willie – became public domain… which, of course, means we’re now going to get multiple horror movies that feature characters inspired by Mickey Mouse. Within the first three days of the year, we saw the short film The Vanishing of S.S. Willie, a trailer for the slasher movie Mickey’s Mouse Trap, and an announcement that Terrifier 2 producers Steven Della Salla and Michael Leavy and director Steven LaMorte, who previously made the Grinch-inspired horror movie The Mean One, were teaming up for a Steamboat Willie-inspired horror flick that we now know as Screamboat. And there’s more: Mouseboat Massacre, I Heart Willie, The Dark Domain: MVW Mickey-vs-Winnie. If you’ve been wondering why Minnie Mouse has been left out of the action – well, writer/director Brett Bentman has been wondering, too. That’s why he has made the horror movie Minnie’s Midnight Massacre! Today, a poster and some first-look images have been unveiled, and you can check those out at the bottom of this article.
Deadline learned about Minnie’s Midnight Massacre at the end of June, sharing the first image of Minnie herself, which can also be seen in this article.
Coming our way from ITN Distribution, the film is based on the beloved public domain sidekick to Steamboat Willie. Minnie seeks revenge against the teenage bullies that tortured her as a child. Indira Starr, Cliff Dean, Erin Marie Garrett, Tiffany McDonald, Hannah Hueston, Derrick Redford, Kace Winfield, Kinley Moody, Mckenna Smith, Kennan Ainsworth, and Joplyn McDonald star. Tiffany McDonald of B22 Films and Derrick Redford are also executive producers on the project.
Bentman provided Deadline with the following statement last month: “We wanted to bring the black and white sidekick to life. We’d see Willie in all these reimaginings, but what about Minnie? Why not give her some spotlight?” Today, he gave JoBlo a new quote: “The response has been great and it seems that people and fans want to see Minnie on their screens. I think it’s important to not only take a public domain character and turn them into a horror-fueled nightmare, but to also have a motive and a story behind their cause. We are not just killing people to kill people, there’s a real cause there, one many people can relate to.“
Are you interested in Minnie’s Midnight Massacre? Take a look at the poster and images, then let us know by leaving a comment below.
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